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He was born of ] ancestry in ]. At a very young age his father passed away; and as his mother later re-married, he took on the surname of his stepfather; Marchand. When Havok was five years old, he and his family moved from ] to ], ]. There, Davey attended Catholic school in Ukiah until the eighth grade. He was born of ] ancestry in ]. At a very young age his father passed away; and as his mother later re-married, he took on the surname of his stepfather; Marchand. When Havok was five years old, he and his family moved from ] to ], ]. There, Davey attended Catholic school in Ukiah until the eighth grade.


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===Music career===
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During high school, his friends ] and ] wanted to start a band (which would become ]). Unfortunately, they had several problems; chief amongst them was that their lack of a drummer, Mark suggested his friend ] be in the band. Furthermore, they didn't know how to play any instruments, but they knew that Davey had a good voice, and Adam had a drum set. So Mark learned guitar and Vic learned bass (he was later replaced by ] who would go on to play bass for ]).

Shortly after high school, the band broke up and Davey moved to ], where he attended UC. Berkeley, planning to double major in English and Psychology. He began constantly writing lyrics to songs that would eventually appear on the albums ''"]"'' and ''"]"''.

In a memorable band reunion, put together by one of their classmates, the band played at the Phoenix Theatre for several hundreds of fans. They decided to reunite and record an album. In 1995, ''"]"'' was released on Wingnut Records (re-released in 1997 on ]). Geoff left during a tour for ''"]"'' and was replaced by ] . Hunter would eventually become the permanent replacement for Geoff. Hunter was still in The Force until he permanently joined ] during the ''"]"'' extended play. However, before that, ] released their third full length release, ''"]"'' , in which Davey started getting very serious about his lyrics. He started singing about religion, humanity and other more serious issues.

The next release was the ''"]"'' extended play. It featured covers of "''The Hanging Garden''", in which Davey got to flaunt ] influences, and "''Demonomania''" by the ]. Afterwards, Mark was asked to leave the band. His replacement was Jade Puget, the band's old friend from high school who said he would join after he graduated college. ] then released their first full length release with Hunter and Jade, ''"]"''. In fall of that year, they released the ''"]"'' extended play, which has gathered a ] among the fanbase, and is perhaps their most popular ].

In 2000, they released ''"]"'' to fair record sales, but great acclaim by fans of the band. The group had toured with one of Havok's favourite bands; ] on their reunion tour. As a result Havok joined three Samhain musicians; ], ] and ], they recorded an album under the name ] titled "''Songs from the Earth''", it even featured a guest appearance from ].

Following his return to AFI, then toured for a few years releasing a few extended plays along the way. In 2003, the band's first major label release, ''"]"'' , came out, attaining great record sales with perhaps their most popular single to date "'']''".


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David Marchand (born David Anthony Passaro on November 20, 1975, in Rochester, New York) more commonly known by the stage name Davey Havok, is the lead vocalist of the band AFI.

Biography

He was born of Italian-American ancestry in New York. At a very young age his father passed away; and as his mother later re-married, he took on the surname of his stepfather; Marchand. When Havok was five years old, he and his family moved from Rochester to Ukiah, California. There, Davey attended Catholic school in Ukiah until the eighth grade.

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Recent times

With the 2006 release of "Decemberunderground", Havok and his band reached their highest level of commercial success to date; reaching #1 on the Billboard charts and winning an MTV Video Music Awards (which was presented to them by Lou Reed).

Glitterboy Clothing Line

Glitter Boy Clothing was a short lived fashion line by Havok put together in 2005, in collaboration with designers of the Serious clothing line. It was partly inspired by the 70s glam music scene, among other things. The line was canceled due to creative differences between Havok and Serious. However, on a side note, Havok has said that he is planning another clothing line for the future, but it will be done through a different company; and chances are that it will not be called Glitter Boy. According to Havok, the new line of clothing will be out in 2007.

Sexuality

Davey's sexuality has been the subject of much debate between fans. Some have claimed that Havok is homosexual or, in some cases, bisexual. There have been numerous claims that Davey has come out to the public, though such claims are always uncited and discredible.

In fact AFI, in most cases Jade Puget, have made numerous statements in regards to Havok's sexuality via their official messageboard and MySpace. For example Puget stated;

"Sorry To Burst Your Bubble... but Davey is not gay. Or bi. Get over it. Just because your friend heard he was gay or you read it on some message board doesn't make it so. However, since I've made posts like this repeatedly over the years and people still refuse to believe he's not gay, I guess we'll have to keep hearing about it ad infinitum. I say we talk about Fritch. Or Smith. They're DEFINITELY gay, I caught them holding hands and plus they went to the prom together. Also, my friend heard YOU were gay. "

Discography

With AFI

Albums

EPs


With Son of Sam

  • "Songs from the Earth" - (2000)

Trivia

  • Havok has a plethora of tattoos, including a pair of large black wings on his back and a flaming heart on his chest, daggers on his left and right ribs, a rabbit with wings on the top of his foot, black hearts behind both ears,nautical stars down both his collar bones, hands in prayer with X's on them toward his left bicep, as well as both arms sleeved with Halloween imagery with direct references to Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.
  • Havok has a lip piercing in the right corner of his lip that he has had for several years. He also had a Monroe piercing but for a very short time. His ear lobe piercings are stretched to around 1/2 an inch.
  • Davey Havok is straight edge and vegan.
  • Alongside Jade Puget from AFI, Havok is involved in an electronic side-project named Blaqk Audio.
  • To date Havok has appeared in two movies; "Live Freaky Die Freaky" and "Mary Jane's Not A Virgin Anymore".
  • He is mentioned in the song Mattersville by NOFX ("At the end of my cul de sac, Davey Havok's house is painted black")
  • Havok is Italian American

Guest appearances

Havok has appeared as a guest vocalist on releases from various other bands.


References

  1. Davey Havok at Notable Names Database
  2. Sexuality
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